Skein-forming device



Nov. s, 1938. J R H R K 2,136,025

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Patented Nov. 8, 1938 PATENT OFFICE,

SKEIN-FORMING DEVICE James P. Shorrock, Holyoke, Mass, assignor to B. F. Perkins & Son, Inc., Holyoke, Mass, a corporation of Massachusetts Application January 15, 1937, Serial No. 120,719 1 Claim. (01. 242-111) This invention relates to improvements in skein-forming devices and is directed more particularly to the provision of improved devices for facilitating the winding up of yarn or the 5 like into the form of skeins.

The principal objects of the invention are directed to the provision of a skein-forming device which is novelly constructed and arranged to form symmetrical skeins of yarn or the like and 10 which is collapsible so as to permit the ready and easy removal of the skeins therefrom.

According to special features of the invention, the skein-forming device consists of a novel combination and arrangement of relatively movable 15 parts and it is simple in form so as to be economical to manufacture. As will appear, the arrangement permits the easy yet efficient manipulation of the skeins.

Various other novel features and advantages of the invention will be hereinafter more fully referred to after a reading of the following description of the present preferred form thereof, and reference will be had to the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of the device of the invention;

Fig. 2 is a partial side elevational view of the device shown in Fig. l; and V Fig. 3 is a sectional plan view through one of 39 the cups at a side of the reel.

Referring now to the drawing more in detail the invention will be fully described.

The device includes a plurality of relatively movable arms which carry on their ends saddles 35 for receiving the yarn and forming the skeins.

When a skein has been formed, adjacent arms may be moved relatively closer together so as todecrease the overall perimeter of the device and permit removal of the skein from the device.

There is a central shaft l and what may be called a journal or bearing cup l2 for the reel. The cup i2 is fixed to the shaft and is preferably hollow as shown for apurpose which will present- 1y appear.

An arm member or members 2 is rotatably mounted on the shaft and it carries saddles on its opposite ends. In the form shown, I provide a pair of spaced arms 2 and 8 which are similarly mounted on the shaft and which are 50 connected at their outer ends by saddle-forming members I4. Thus, the two arm members 2 and 8 constitute a unit although it is to be understood that a single arm member, suitably rotatable, will suffice.

Then I fix another arm member 4 to the shaft I0. Where the rotatable arm mentioned above is formed of a pair of spaced connected-together parts, the fixed arm may consist of a pair of spaced members 4 and 6 and these will have saddle forming parts IS on their outer ends.

Preferably I arrange the arm members 4 and 6 fixed to the shaft so that they are innermost or adjacent one another, as shown, while the rotatable members 2 and 8 are outside the arms 4 and 6. With this arrangement, there are two cup bearings [2, one fixed on each end of shaft l0 and outside the outer movable arms-2 and 8.

Disposed within at least one of the cups I2 is a coil spring 20 which has one end fixed to shaft in and its other end fixed to the rotatable arm 2 as at 22. The spring 20 surrounds the shaft, of course, so that when the arms 2 and 8 are moved counter-clockwise relative to arms 4 and. 6 and from the normal position shown in Fig. 1 the movement is resisted by the spring and when released the spring automatically returns arms 2 and 8 to normal position.

' By normal position is meant the crossed position shown in Fig. 1. It will be seen that when in use the skein-forming device of this invention is mounted on its bearing cups for rotation and yarn to be formed into a skein is led thereonto. As the device rotates, the yarn is wound up and caused to traverse the saddles to form the skeins. When these skeins are formed and it is desired to remove them from the device, the rotatable arm members may be moved into a position adjacent the other arms, thereby facilitating the removal of the skein from the device without straining or in any way injuring the yarn composing the skein.

It is desirable when the arms return to their said normal position under tension of the spring that the rotatable arm or arms do not rotate too far. To this end, I provide an upstanding stop 30 on arm 2 which is adapted to be engaged by a stop 32 provided in bearing cup l2, as shown.

While I have described the invention in great detail and with respect to a preferred form thereof, it is not desired to be limited thereto since many changes and modifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. What it is desired to claim and secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

As a new article of manufacture, a skeinforming device of the class described comprising in combination, a substantially straight unitary arm member, a shaft fixed to said arm member substantially centrally thereof whereby portions thereof extend outwardly radially of the shaft in opposite directions, another substantially straight unitary arm member rotatably mounted on said shaft substantially centrally of the arm member whereby portions thereof extend outwardly radially of the shaft in opposite directions, said arm members being normally disposed so that the said outwardly. extending parts of one of them are at right angles to the outwardly extending parts of the other, a bearing cup fixedly associated with said shaft, a coil 

